File 87/1926 Pt 2 'Arabia: Bin Saud: Relations with H.M.G. Revision of Treaty.' [‎186r] (59/840)

[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majeity’t Government.]
EASTERN (Arabia).
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CONFIDENTIAL.
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Foreign Office to Acting Consul Jordan (Jeddah).
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WITH reference to my despatch No. 126 of the 3rd November, regarding the
negotiations with Ibn Sand for the conclusion of a new treaty, I am directed by
Secretary Sir Austen Chamberlain to explain to you the present attitude of His
Majesty’s Government in the matter of granting licences for the export of arms and
ammunition to the rulers in the Arabian Peninsula.
2. I am to transmit to you the accompanying copy of a despatch from His
Majesty’s Ambassador at Paris, enclosing a copy of a note addressed by his Excellency
to the French Minister for Foreign Affairs on the 2 ( .)th June last. \ou will see that
His Majesty’s Government have now informed the French, Italian and Belgian
Governments that there is no longer any need for the embargo on the export of war
material to Arabia, which was imposed, at British instigation, at the time of the
conflict between ex-King Hussein and Ibn Sand.
3. It seems possible that in the course of the forthcoming negotiations Ibn baud
may enquire whether His Majesty’s Government will permit him to purchase war
material in this country. In such case you may inform him that there is no objection
to his placing orders for war material in the United Kingdom provided that the
limitations laid down in the Arms Traffic Conventiont of 1925 are observed. (A copy
of that convention is enclosed herein for your information.)
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LANCELOT 0L1PHANT.
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t Further correspondence respecting “Traffic in Arms and Ammunition, 1 ait Wll, iNo.
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